It hurts the most when the person that made you feel special yesterday can make you feel unwanted today.

Some boys like me, some boys don't. Girls do hate me, they think I'm a flirt. People talk about me behind my back. I don't care, as a matter of fact. I don't have boyfriends, but I do have boy friends. Less dramas, more joys. My life is really simple, but not a typical one. I've been living like this since I was one.

Merong iba't-ibang paraan ang mga tao para makatakas sa reyalidad. Yung iba nagbabasa ng libro, nanonood ng mga drama sa tv, nakikinig ng music. Meron namang nagsusulat, nag d-drawing, nag p-paint, at nag co-compose ng kanta. Pero si Angelique, ang paraan niya ng pagtakas sa reyalidad ay tuwing nananaginip siya. Dahil meron siyang ibang kakayahan. Ang kakayahan na kontrolin at i-manipulate ang sarili niyang panaginip.

WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2021 EDITOR'S PICK OCTOBER 2021 Jiya Valle learns too late that kissing her sworn enemy since high school Migo Salas doesn't come without repercussions. And to her, it's a secret she's going to bring with her down to her grave--but Migo has other plans. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.

The day Molly's attackers were set free was the day Mallary decided to take justice into her own hands. And Mallary knew that in order to do that, she would have to get closer to her enemies hanggang sa mapagkatiwalaan nila siya ng mga maduduming sikretong tinatago nila. And she'll start with Nathan... the lawyer who took the fall for his friends. The perpetrators may think that no one will know about what they did. But they thought wrong. Mallary knows that they're guilty. And she will go to great lengths to make them pay.

(Game Series # 4) Charisse Faith Viste believes in working hard. She does not believe in luck, only hard work. Bata pa lang siya, nasanay na siya na pinaghihirapan lahat ng meron siya. Being the only girl in a family full of guys, nasanay na siya na kung gusto niyang makuha, kailangan niyang pagtrabahuhan. And because of this, she grew up tough. She already accepted the fact that guys are just too intimidated to even give her a second glance. She'll always be too smart, too confident, too much for everyone. One day, she had this overwhelming feeling of sadness. She looked around and saw that everyone around her has someone by their side... Everyone has someone to embrace... Siya? Libro lang ang kayakap. She used to be fine with the idea of being alone... alone, not lonely. But not anymore. She needed someone to stop her from feeling so lonely.

"Didn't I promise you? I'll destroy anyone who dares hurt you." But then he left-taking my heart with him.

An epistolary

The Madrid-Esquival siblings Nora, Fort, and Ansel, find love through their phones...and go from there. *** Nora's crush on her older brother's teammate and basketball star Arch is getting out of hand. Swiping his number without her brother knowing, she texts him every day with encouraging messages and inspiring quotes from her favorite books and movies. She doesn't mind that he leaves her on read, but on an embarrassing rant about pineapples on pizza, what do you know? Arch finally replies. Sabrina was only looking for a good time during a music festival in Manila--she doesn't expect to see and hang out with her hopeless high school crush, Fort, after so many years. Problem is, even though he was the highlight of her high school years, was she his? Did he remember her name? Did he recognize her? Or was this a fresh start for them both? Ansel likes things easy and simple--basketball, school, parties, girls. Scratch that last one when he meets Chie, pink-haired, assertive, doesn't take anyone's crap--even Ansel's flirting. But in tiptoeing the line between friends and something more, can Ansel find it in himself to commit, and can Chie break down her walls for him? Would he also break Chie's heart for someone who broke his--and would Chie let him? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela

I'm scared of the sea. I can't help but think of the danger it brings. The width and depth seem forever. But I know that someday, I'm going to swallow all my fears and sail into that immense body of menace. Because I have to find him. I have to see him. I have words I haven't told him yet. There are things he needs to know and I don't care if it matters now or it never really mean anything at all. I just have to find him.